Let there be no doubt that, this committee will continue to hold the Trump administration accountable.

The total number of civil cases it initiated is the lowest since 1982.

I appreciate that you sent a memo to your staff saying that we are going to robustly enforce the laws.

There is no requirement.

The average annual cost of injunctive relief is $7.74 billion and the EPA's fiscal year 2018 figure was the lowest it had been in 15 years.

When EPA enforcement activities go down, pollution goes up. That is just a fact.

We haven't gotten any of the information.

We have a responsibility to care for them, as we do every single person who calls America home.

the $69 million in civil penalties represents the lowest in nearly a quarter-century.

I continue to be worried that the 2019 numbers will reflect civil penalties against a large variety of polluters.

the total number of civil cases it initiated is the lowest since 1982.

They can't do it in a vacuum.

How many investigators is the EPA required to have under the law?

the lowest level of penalties assessed to polluters since the EPA created the Office of Enforcement over 20 years ago in 1994.

The EPA assessed polluters a total of $69 million in civil penalties -- $69 million. That is the lowest level of penalties assessed to polluters since the EPA created the Office of Enforcement over 20 years ago in 1994.

the total number of facilities that the EPA inspected last year is the lowest since 1994.

I am concerned with three things: Have the corrections employed made a difference? What further actions are needed? And do any of the changes implemented need to be reversed?

This combined joint hearing is really important, so I am glad that we are having it.